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DECEMBER 8, 1956.
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(N.C.W.C. News Service)
HONG KONG—Red China’s re
cent championing of the “de-
sovietization” program of Premier
Wladislaw Gomulka in Poland
and her veiled criticism of Rus
sia’s intervention in the Hungari
an uprising were seen here as
part of a months-old Chinese
swing toward the outer reaches of
the Soviet orbit.
Starting as early as last May,
there has been a recognizable
trend in the Chinese communist
press to play down Big Brother
Russia.
Since Red propaganda chieftain
Li Ting Yi gave promises of li
beration for the Chinese intel-
legentsia late last spring, there
have been several denunciations
of servile imitation of Soviet
Russia in Red-controlled news
papers.
Checks made on three major
Chinese communist papers reveal
recurrent complaints of Russian
influences in Chinese life.
Why, asked one editorial writer,
has China blindly followed Rus
sia in educational matters? The
editorial said that when boys and
girls were assigned to separate
schools, Red China followed suit,
and when co-education was rein
troduced in Russia, many Chinese
schools immediately became co-
too. The editorial struck at
1955.
;s or construction early in
noting that in one instance.
z Chinese style, for which the
aterials were already on hand,
ere scrapped, wasting the
iautiful colored Chinese tiles.
This imitation has been a con
trolling factor in literature, the
dan works have come into
common usage in China to the
t of ridiculousness. But an
other has noted that recently
there is a new trend, and stu
dents are again asking to be
taught English as a major foreign
language.
At the same time, there are
signs that at least some Chinese
intellectuals are fed up with the
dogmatic lingo of the Red poli
ticians. An example of the sar
casm communist dogmatism has
brought forth is following:
“There are some that always
have two books in their hands—
a moral guide and a collection of
the sayings of great Men (Marx^
ists)—and they decide everything
by them. If a young man devotes
all his time to study, these oracles'
are consulted and they respond
that this is individualism. If a
professor wants to take care of
his children, the book of sayings
will say this is exaggerated care
of the family.
“If you speak of love, the col
lection will tell you that this is
a lack of interest in politics. If
you publish a short article on
production, then the oracles will
accuse you of independence of the
party line. Write a poem and you
will find that you are not express
ing the essence of socialism.
“What if the oracles give no,
answer? The conclusion is evi
dent: As long as the books say
nothing, the thing you want to
do is strictly forbidden. With such
people an argument is impossible.
They always have the truth right
at hand; the whole thing is a real
farce!”
The complaints among intel
lectual circles have gone behind
the purely national pride variety
and hit at communist educational
policy itself. Comrade Wu Ta-kun
said in an editorial that the young
professors at the University of the
People were chosen not for their
intelligence or their ability, but
for their “discipline.” He then
called attention to the discontent
of the students at the University
of Shanghai, saying they have
come to realize that their profes
sors teach them what they are
told to teach, not what they them
selves think.
Only a year ago there were
violent denunciations whenever
anybody spoke critically of any
thing concerning Moscow or the
Communist party. Today it is
said that Moscow does not have
the last word. And this view is
fostered by the government, even
if it is unofficial.
The freedom to criticize is limit
ed and controlled. But it is a
beginning. There’s no telling
where it might lead.
IDLE TALK
A good many people who
praise democracy do not believe
in their own doctrines.
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